Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer with the purchase order for the plots to be excavatedArthur Hubert Stanley Megaw and Cyprus Government

Handwritten top: A.1 49/48

No. 107.

THE ANTIQUITIES LAWS, 1935 AND 1945, AND THE LAND ACQUISITION LAWS, 1899 TO 1947.

WINSTER, Governor.

Whereas excavations have been and are being carried out by the French Archaeological Mission in or upon certain plots of land situated in the village of Engomi, in the District of Famagusta;

And whereas Government assisted by a contribution from the said Mission has acquired by private treaty two of the said plots of land and now holds the same under registration Nos. 10 and 14 ;

And whereas His Excellency the Governor is satisfied that others of the said plots of land should be compulsorily acquired;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers vested in him by section 17 (2) of the Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct and hereby directs that the land described in the Schedule hereto be acquired on payment of such amount by way of compensation as may be agreed upon between the Commissioner of Famagusta and the proprietors thereof and that in default of agreement within one month from the date hereof the amount of compensation be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Laws, 1899 to 1947.

Given at Nicosia, this 15th day of March, 1948.

(M.P. 1157/32.)